Victory  Girls 


Bulletin  V 
United  War  Work  Campaign 
for  $170,500,000 

November  11-18,  1918 


SERIES  OF  CAMPAIGN  BULLETINS 

I. 

Organization  in  the  City,  Large  or  Small 

II. 

Organization  in  the  County 

III. 

Preparation  and  Assignment  of  Lists 

IV. 

Victory  Boys 

V. 

Victory  Girls 

VI. 

The  Campaign  among  Students 

VII. 

The  Campaign  in  Industries 

VIII. 

Publicity  Organization  and  Distribution 

IX. 

Meetings:  How  to  Plan  and  Conduct 

X. 

Campaign  in  Army  and  Navy  Camps 

XI. 

Collection,  Custody,  and  Forwarding  of  Funds 

XII. 

The  Precinct  Plan 

Issued  by  the 
OFFICE  OF  THE  DIRECTOR  GENERAL 
347  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


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VICTORY  GIRLS 


"Every  Girl  Pulling  for  Victory,"  is  the  slogan,  "Victory  Girls" 
is  the  name  of  the  Girls'  Earn  and  Give  Division  of  the  United  War 
Work  Campaign,  which  takes  place  November  11-18,  1918.  Every 
girl  between  twelve  and  twenty  is  challenged  to  share  in  this 
campaign  to  keep  our  fighters  fit. 

GENERAL  PLAN  AND  NATIONAL  ORGANIZATION 

The  Victory  Girls'  "Earn  and  Give  Division"  is,  like  the  Victory 
Boys,  an  integral  part  of  the  Campaign  seeking  to  mobilize  girls 
to  earn  and  give,  and  is  not  an  organization.  The  General  Cam- 
paign Committee  elected  Dr.  John  R.  Mott  as  Director  General 
of  the  United  War  Work  Campaign.  Dr.  Mott  appointed  a  National 
Secretary  for  the  Girls'  Division,  and  an  Advisory  Committee  to 
serve  with  her.  The  Campaign  Directors  in  each  of  the  six  Depart- 
ments into  which  the  United  States  has  been  divided  for  this  cam- 
paign, have  each  appointed  a  Department  Executive  for  Victory 
Girls.  The  same  plan  is  being  followed  in  state,  district,  county 
and  town.  In  every  case,  the  Girls'  Executive  is  associated  with 
the  Boys'  Executive. 

National  Director,  Gertrude  Gogin. 

National  Advisory  Committee,  Mrs.  George  A.  Kohut,  Mrs.  Emma 
Murray,  Mrs.  Henry  P.  Davison. 

Department  Executives: 

Northeastern  Department,  Miss  Lois  Kugler. 
Eastern  Department,  Miss  Helen  Sanders. 
Southern  Department,  Miss  Sue  Weddell. 
Southeastern  Department,  Miss  Gladys  Roosevelt. 
Central  Department,  Miss  Ruth  Anderson. 
Western  Department,  Miss  Alice  G.  Moore. 

The  National  Bureau  of  Publicity  and  The  National  Speakers' 
Bureau  will  cover  the  girls'  effort  and  cooperate  in  every  possible 
way.  The  bureaus  of  the  different  sub-divisions  will  cooperate  in 
the  same  way. 

LOCAL  ORGANIZATION  PLANS 

In  every  place,  small  or  large,  the  nucleus  of  the  girls'  workers' 
organization  should  be  secured  as  soon  as  possible.  The  local 
girls'  director  should  be  the  associate  of  the  local  boys'  director, 
and  the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Division  should  be  a  sub-division  of  the 

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general  local  organization  in  every  case.  As  fast  as  they  are  set 
up,  these  preliminary  organizations  should  be  reported  to  the  State 
Executives,  by  them  to  the  Department  Executives  and  by  them 
to  the  General  Headquarters. 

Special  suggestive  plans  and  programs  are  being  prepared.  No 
public  meetings  in  connection  with  the  Campaign  should  be  held 
within  the  period  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Drive — September  28th,  to 
October  18th. 

The  local  organization  of  the  Girls'  Division  of  the  Campaign 
should  cover  the  following  matters: 

1.  The  General  Campaign  Committee  should  appoint  two  Sub- 
Committees,  one  to  be  responsible  for  organizing  and  pushing 
to  a  successful  conclusion  the  "Earn  and  Give"  Campaign 
as  represented  by  Victory  Boys  and  the  other  to  assume  a  like 
responsibility  toward  the  Victory  Girls'  Campaign.  These  com- 
mittees should  be  representative  of  all  local  agencies  touching 
Boy  and  Girl  Life  in  the  community,  including  all  creeds. 
By  frequent  meetings  of  these  sub-committees  and  closest  co- 
operation between  leaders,  all  plans  should  be  carefully  co- 
ordinated and  provision  made  for  adequate  and  proper  appeals 
to  boys  to  enroll  as  Victory  Boys  and  girls  to  enroll  as  Victory 
Girls.  Local  conditions  will  determine  when  the  appeal  had 
best  be  made  jointly  to  boys  and  girls  as  in  public  and  parochial 
schools,  or  separately  to  groups  of  boys  and  groups  of  girls. 
Enrollment  will  generally  be  sought  through  individual  ef- 
fort. 

2.  Organize  these  women  and  girl  leaders  into  an  effective  work- 
ing force  with  necessary  sub-committees  to  plan  fully  the 
effort  among  girls  between  twelve  and  twenty. 

3.  Enroll  the  girls  "to  earn  and  give"  by  means  of 

a.  Special  presentation  of  the  need. 

b.  Personal  solicitation. 

4.  Plan  to  help  suggest  employment  for  those  who  pledge  "to 
earn  and  give." 

5.  Make  effective  a  plan  for  collecting  and  reporting  the  pledges, 
issuing  certificate  receipts,  etc. 

6.  Adequate  plans  should  be  made  before  the  Campaign  starts  to 
follow  up  each  pledge  with  information  and  assistance,  in- 
suring payment  in  full  of  each  girl's  subscription. 

THE  GOAL  AND  THE  PLEDGE  UNIT 

While  a  million  girls  have  not  been  definitely  stated  as  the  abso- 
lute goal  for  the  Victory  Girls,  it  is  hoped  that  this  number  may  be 
enrolled. 

Enrollment  by  a  girl  consists  of  her  written  statement  of  purpose 

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to  "earn  and  give"  a  sum  of  money  to  make  available  to  a  fighter 
the  privileges  of  the  seven  organizations  in  the  Campaign.  Each 
girl  states  on  the  subscription  or  enrollment  card  the  amount  of 
money  she  plans  to  "earn  and  give"  toward  the  total  amount  needed 
in  the  Campaign.  Thus  the  girl's  purpose  is  to  share  in  the  raisin^ 
of  the  entire  $170,500,000. 

While  the  majority  of  girls  will  probably  decide  to  enroll  to 
"earn  and  give"  at  least  $5,  some  will  pledge  to  cover  the  expenses 
for  six  months  or  a  year.  Others  may  find  that  even  with  real 
sacrifice  $5  is  not  possible.  These  girls  will  receive  full  recognition 
since  sacrifice  and  not  the  actual  sum  is  what  counts. 

Window  banners,  pledge  cards,  buttons,  posters,  and  pamphlets 
telling  in  a  graphic  way  the  purpose  of  the  Victory  Girls,  have  been 
prepared  and  will  be  distributed  from  publicity  headquarters. 

SOME  INTERESTING  POINTS  ABOUT  VICTORY  GIRLS 

To  insure  the  highest  possible  standards  in  this  Campaign  which 
will  involve  so  many  girls  the  following  resolution  was  adopted 
as  the  standard  for  the  Victory  Girls'  Division: 

RESOLVED: 

That  in  the  campaign  for  War  Work  funds  no  girl  under 
eighteen  years  of  age  shall  be  used  to  solicit  money  in  any 
way,  either  on  the  streets,  or  in  a  house  to  house  canvass,  but 
that  all  money  contributed  by  girls  under  eighteen  shall  be 
given  by  the  girls  themselves  or  earned  in  a  way  approved 
by  the  campaign  managers. 

Leaders  of  boys  and  girls  throughout  the  country  see  the  value 
in  such  a  campaign,  offering  as  it  does  a  chance  for  a  better 
understanding  of  the  great  principles  of  democracy  and  a  deepen- 
ing of  the  spiritual  values  of  life.  Margaret  Slattery  says:  "The 
Victory  Girls'  slogan  to  'earn  and  give'  seems  to  me  to  challenge 
every  girl  to  express  her  patriotism  by  doing  something  hard  and 
doing  it  with  that  enthusiasm  which  we  like  to  call  American." 

The  Right  Reverend  Bishop  P.  J.  Muldoon,  D.D.,  Chairman  of 
The  National  Catholic  War  Council,  says: 

"A  boy  or  girl  by  enrolling  in  the  'Earn  and  Give'  Divi- 
sion can  have  a  direct  personal  part  in  the  Great  World 
War;  each  of  them  can  thus  fight  and  help  win. 

What  an  inspiration  it  will  be  to  each  of  our  fighters  to 
know  that  one  boy  or  one  girl  has  earned  and  given  $5  for 
his  comfort  and  cheer!  We  cannot  furnish  an  enlisted  man 
better  proof  of  the  solid  backing  of  a  closely  united  nation, 
nor  can  we  find  a  better  way  of  doubly  reassuring  him  in 
his  great  trials,  of  the  sincere  personal  interest  we  have  in 
him  than  by  enrolling  one  million  or  more  of  our  young 
people  to  make  personal  sacrifices  for  him." 

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THE  MAIN  PURPOSE 

The  main  purpose  of  the  Victory  Girls'  "Earn  and  Give"  Division  is. 

First,  to  develop  a  new  interpretation  of  sacrificial  giving.  The 
men  and  women  of  the  country  are  being  called  upon  to  sacrifice 
more  than  ever  before.  Every  girl  and  boy  should  be  made  to 
realize  what  true  sacrifice  means,  because  from  their  number  in 
the  years  to  come  will  be  demanded  a  more  unselfish  leadership 
than  has  ever  been  demanded  from  their  fathers  and  mothers. 

Second,  to  develop  among  girls  a  greater  appreciation  of  the 
true  meaning  of  democracy.  This  can  be  gained  through  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  our  nation's  share  in  this  world  war. 

Third,  to  develop  a  deeper  and  broader  ideal  of  community 
service. 

Fourth,  to  give  added  inspiration  and  stimulus  to  the  men  and 
women  working  in  the  United  War  Work  Campaign,  for  men  and 
women  will  work  harder  and  give  larger  amounts  when  they  know 
that  girls  and  boys  are  making  sacrifices. 

HOW  GIRLS  CAN  EARN  MONEY 

The  following  list  is  suggestive  only  and  there  are  doubtless 
many  other  ways  in  which  the  Victory  Girls  will  be  able  to  secure 
the  money  for  their  pledges.  All  girls  must  be  careful  to  obey 
the  existing  child  labor  laws  in  their  states. 

Caring  for  children;  mending;  washing  dishes;  running  errands; 
cleaning  silver;  typewriting;  knitting;  blacking  shoes;  making 
simple  garments  for  sale;  Saturday  work  in  offices,  stores,  etc.; 
sale  of  Christmas  cards,  wreathes,  etc.;  sale  by  groups  of  girls  of 
Conservation  foods;  canning  and  preserving;  picking  fruit;  gathering 
nuts ;  tutoring ;  planting  bulbs ;  shoveling  snow ;  self-denial  fund  from 
allowances ;  sale  of  butter,  eggs,  vegetables,  poultry  and  jellies. 


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